Banting recipes – low carb, sugar free and gluten free. Banting recipes I have tried – those that have failed and those that have been a success! I am not a dietician, I'm just a gal who loves to cook banting food, and keep it as good as possible! Obviously all recommendations throughout this and other posts are not intended as an alternative, treatment, or prevention of diseases, medical treatments or advice. The reader takes full responsibility for counting nutritional information such as carbs, while trying any and all recipes :-)

nutty cheesecake bites

This is from a recipe I found online – they used sweetener and hazelnut essence (which I’ve not found in Cape Town – let me know if you find it!) so I’ve switched things around and it is very yummy. It was inspired by my dear friend Justine, who is 7 months pregnant – we went out for lunch and ordered the hazelnut truffles, and when they arrived they were covered in coconut – she painstakingly picked off all the coconut, and I got the inspiration to make her some coconut free hazelnut truffles! She loves cheese – so I thought these would be a winner (I am still waiting on her feedback but I really enjoyed them!)

WINNER! BANTING RECIPE

Ingredients

1 tub Simonsberg plain cream cheese (leave it to warm up slightly on the counter to help soften for about 10 minutes)

1/4 cup coco powder

2T honey (or more to taste)

1T almond essence

50g hazelnut (about half a packet) – chopped up

Directions

Mix the cream cheese, coco powder, honey and essence together

Once it is all combined, spoon a heaped teaspoon onto the chopped hazelnut

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Banting recipes – low carb, sugar free and gluten free. Banting recipes i have tried – those that have failed and those that have been a success!
I am not a dietician, i’m just a gal who loves to cook banting food, and keep it as good as possible! I eat as real as possible, try and stay away from processed foods and takeaways, and always try and figure out if I can "make it banting"!
Obviously all recommendations throughout this and other posts are not intended as an alternative, treatment, or prevention of diseases, medical treatments or advice. The reader takes full responsibility for counting nutritional information such as carbs, while trying any and all recipes :-)

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